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Speaking at the AI Summit, Mr Coplin said Artificial Intelligence would change the course of humanity and that the way it was developed needed to be carefully monitored as the science could not help but reflect the characters and the needs of those people doing the developing.

He said: "I would argue that AI will even change how we perceive what it means to be human.

“We've got to start to make some decisions about whether the right people are making these algorithms.

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Stephen Hawking has warned that AI could conquer us

"What biases will be inferred by those people, by those companies?

“These are things we don't know about. This is new. We talk about unchartered territory.”

However, he added that if we can manage to do it right, we should be able to expel all fears about the future of AI.

He continued: "The way in which we choose to use AI is a reflection of humans, the people, not the machines themselves.

"We are locked in this endless cycle of pointless rhetoric about humans vs machines. We are aware machines can beat us at chess.

“They can beat us at Jeopardy. Now they can beat us at Go. They're going to steal our jobs. Hang on! Stop.

“When was this ever the dialogue for what we did with technology? Technology is here to augment what we do. Support us to extend our capability.”

Unfortunately, Mr Coplin is not the only prominent figure to speak out about the perils of AI.

Professor Stephen Hawking is just one of many high-profile figures to warn about the future of humanity in regards to AI.

In a 2014 article for the Independent, the theoretical physicist warned: "Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history.

“Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.